Gas installation housing



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Dec. 28, 1943.

E. M. ANDERSON GAS INSTALLATION HOUSING Filed Sept. 30, 1942 Patented Dec. 28, 1943 UNITED STATES FATENT OFF-ICE GAS INSTALLATION HOUSING Eric Martin Anderson, Portland, Maine, assignor, to Utilities Distributors, Inc., Portland, Maine, a corporation of Maine ApplicationSeptember-30, 1942, Serial No. 460,285?

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in gas installation housings, and has foran object certain improvements over prior mechanical Patent No. 2,278,232, granted March 31, 1942, and Design Patent No. Des. 127,783, granted June 17, 1941, as well as over other patents in this art;

The object of the invention is to dispense with any hinges and to enable the-hood to be simply lifted oil the back plate, and in which the act of placement of the hood projects a portion of the backplate through the hood to receive a padlock for securing the hood against unauthorized removal and subsequent tampering with the regulator and the valves.-

Another object ofthe invention-is to promote the accessibility of the regulators, valves and other parts housed within the hood by the simple expedient of unlocking the padlock andlifting ofif the hood.

A further object of the'invention is the extremely low cost of manufacture of the device according to the present invention.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, with parts broken away and parts shown in section, of an improved gas installation housing constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical central section taken through the device with parts broken away.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of a modified form of the device, with parts broken away and parts shown in section, of the back plate detached, and

Figure 5 is a side edge view of same with regulator attached.

Referring more particularly to the drawing ill designates the base or floor and II the side wall of a location where one or more gas bottles or containers I2 are situated. The hood I3 will conform in size and shape to the one or more gas bottles included in the installation. In the present instance this hood is shown as being generally of the form of a quarter sphere with an open bottom to closely fit about the upper part of the gas bottle or container I2 and with an open rear portion next the wall I I. The open open back portion of the hood is spanned by a facilitatethe entrance of thebar I4 into thechannelas this bar I4 is' given a slight turning motion as the hood is put into place and therefore the channel space between the walls It and ll is preferably of a-width somewhat'in excess of the'width of the bar I l-to allow the necessary clearance.

Screws or other fastenings" Ill may be driven through holes in aportion of the backwall H which extends up above the flange I6 and into the wall I l for thepurpose of securing the channel support at theproper elevation.

A'back plate or vertical strip I9 is welded orotherwise secured 'at'its lower end to the channel support and at its upper end'portionis affixed to the wall H by a screw-or other fastening 29. At its upper end the back plate I9 is turned diagonally outward away from the wall' II in positionto'receive-an opening in the upper portion of the hood Ell. A padlock 22 is secured in the perforation of the upwardly projecting end portion which looks the hood in place.

As shown in Figure 4 the back plate I9 is offset at 23 outwardly away from the wall and in this ofiset portion are located a number of keyholes or other openings 24 to receive the fastenings which secure the regulator 25 in place.

The locking bar 2| is at the top of the back plate I9 and the hood may be lifted ofi without the necessity for a hinge. Such construction cost is much lower than where hinges are involved. Hinges are apt to rust and deteriorate from this cause which disadvantage is eliminated. Without the use of hinges the hood can be removed entirely from the device so that the operator has access to the installation with much greater freedom. The back plate and channel support can be equipped with keyhole slots similar to the keyhole 24 for cooperating with the fastenings I8 and I9 if desired. The keyholes 24 punched in the back plate accommodate easy installation of the regulator 25.

The design of the hood may be round, square or of any other desired form. The drawing shows only a single-cylinder installation but the invention is equally applicable to double-cylinder installations by simply extending the width of the same, no greater height or depth being required. The invention is also suitable for four-cylinder hoods.

The inclination of the locking bar 2| will cause the hood I3 to move downwardly and inwardly toward wall I! at the same time so that clearance is desired for bar I4 in the channel support. The relative arrangement of the locking and removal of the hood, a flat bar extending bar 2| and of the hood slot 26 will require a rocking movement of the bar M in the channel support and the clearance between wall IS and I1 and the outward divergence of: flange wall I6 will accommodate this rocking or rotary move ment by the bar 14.

When the hood is in place the same cooperates with the container l2 and with the back wall I! to completely house the regulator, valves and other equipment against unauthorized tamper- It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes andmodifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. Ina gas installation housing, a channel support, a back plate connected with said support and comprising a narrowvertical strip secured to an intermediate portion ofsaid channel support with fastening means at its upper portion to secure the back plate to a Wall or the like, said narrow vertical strip having at its upper end an upstanding diagonal out-turned end, a hood completely detachable from said support and back plate having a slot in its upper portion to freely slide over said diagonal out-turned end, a bar extending across the lower inner portion of said hood adapted to removablyv seat in said channel support, and removable locking means for engaging in the upper part of said diagonal out-turned across the lower inner portion of the hood and 'afiixed thereto with its edgewise dimensions disposed substantially vertically in the home position of the hood, said bar being thin relatively to said base of the channel and adapted to have a rocking movement in moving into and out of said channel permitted by the outwardly flaring upper portion of the front flange of said channel support, and locking means for engaging with the upper part of said diagonal out-turned end above the hood.

3. In a gas installation housing, a hood shaped generally like a segment of a sphere having open portions at its rear and bottom and provided with a slot in its upper inner central portion, a back plate adapted to be secured to a wall or other support having a diagonal out-turned end for engaging loosely through said slot without supporting the hood, a flat thin bar extending across the lower inner portion of the hood, a channel support secured to said back plate and having means to secure the same to a wall or the like support positioned to receive said bar and to support said hood through said bar, said channel support having a forwardly flaring front flange.

4. In a gas installation housing, a hood having an open back and an open bottom with a slot in its upper rear portion, a supporting bar secured to the lower inner portion of the hood, a channel support having outwardly flaring front flange and being open at its top to receive said bar, and a back plate secured to said channel support, said back plate adapted to be secured to a support and having a diagonal out-turned upper end portion projecting loosely through said slot, and means for engaging the upper part of said diagonal outturned end to secure the hood in place.

ERIC .MARTIN ANDERSON. 

